- From: Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:23:28 +0100
- To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Cc: wai-xtech@w3.org, ot@w3.org, karl@w3.org
Hi Gregory, On 20/08/07, Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net> wrote: > > the new W3C validator interface > > http://validator.w3.org/ > > is intended to hide the "advanced" options from the user, unless > the "More Options" link is activated, but when i access the page > using MSIE7 and the latest build of JAWS 8x, the entire content > of the form, including the visually obscured portion is > articulated; moreover, when i tab navigate the form, the tab > navigation moves from invisible checkbox to invisible form control, > until reaching the submit button... This is a good example of where display: none is required to hide the content from everyone, including screen reader users. Activating one of the tabs should reveal the content for the selected tab, and hide the content for all other tabs from everyone. At the moment, the hidden content under "More Options" is available to everyone, except for sighted mouse users. Sighted keyboard users have to tab through all of the interface controls under "More options" without any indication of where the cursor is, and consequently would have no idea of the interface control that has focus. Even when a sighted user has tabbed through the hidden interface element, they would have to pay considerable attention, as it isn't visually evident which form control has focus, even for form controls that are visible on the screen. The validator would benefit greatly from visible focus highlighting, and using display: none to remove hidden interface elements so that keyboard users, including assistive technology users, didn't have to tab through interface elements that shouldn't be there. Best regards, Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com
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